Energy per $1 spent. What's best?

[Laver]

Hello to those long term members who know me or may remember me, similarly hello to new people who have no idea who I am.

Anyway, I'm cheap, I don't like spending money on food. This doesn't mean I budget $100 a week on food, it doesn't mean I budget $50 a week on food. It means I'm always looking to eat as cheaply as possible.

I'm only looking at overall energy initially, so, without paying attention to the macro nutrient distribution of the food, what foods give the most Kj per $1?

I had a quick look at common foods I eat and came up with with following list.

Rolled oats 5000kJ / $1 ($4 for a 1.5kg bag)

EV Olive Oil 3300kJ / $1 ($10 for 1L bottle)

Frozen pie 1650 / 1 ($1.50 for 170g pie)

Milk powder 2000 / 1 ($10 for 1Kg raw)

Dried pasta 7500 / 1 ($1 for 500g)

Peanut butter 3000 / 1 ($4 for 500g)

Premade pasta

packet 1200 / 1 ($1 for 80g)

Pasta sauce 500 / 1 ($3 for 750g)

So pasta and oats are awesome, peanut butter and olive oil also pretty flash.

What other foods are good like this, rice, potatoes, figures anyone?

[Grover]

welcome back Laver

guess on the basis of your research its gotta be oats all day!

What are your goals as I guess that could have some effect also on what foods you should be taking on board

[jimjim83]

sugar

[hhhh1]

Hello to those long term members who know me or may remember me, similarly hello to new people who have no idea who I am.

Anyway, I'm cheap, I don't like spending money on food. This doesn't mean I budget $100 a week on food, it doesn't mean I budget $50 a week on food. It means I'm always looking to eat as cheaply as possible.

I'm only looking at overall energy initially, so, without paying attention to the macro nutrient distribution of the food, what foods give the most Kj per $1?

I had a quick look at common foods I eat and came up with with following list.

Rolled oats 5000kJ / $1 ($4 for a 1.5kg bag)

EV Olive Oil 3300kJ / $1 ($10 for 1L bottle)

Frozen pie 1650 / 1 ($1.50 for 170g pie)

Milk powder 2000 / 1 ($10 for 1Kg raw)

Dried pasta 7500 / 1 ($1 for 500g)Peanut butter 3000 / 1 ($4 for 500g)

Premade pasta

packet 1200 / 1 ($1 for 80g)

Pasta sauce 500 / 1 ($3 for 750g)

So pasta and oats are awesome, peanut butter and olive oil also pretty flash.

What other foods are good like this, rice, potatoes, figures anyone?

your pasta stats look a bit fucked

[hhhh1]

sugar

this, or maybe a catering size container of margarine. or a sack of chicken pellets if youre into a bit of cheap protein

[jimjim83]

sugar

this, or maybe a catering size container of margarine. or a sack of chicken pellets if youre into a bit of cheap protein

hahah value for money alright

[AgentOrange]

How's the Olympic lifting going?

[Laver]

Think they're right, will check.

[Laver]

your pasta stats look a bit fucked

Na they're roughly correct.

$1 for 500g pasta.

1530kj per 100g according to packet.

Also, re: margarine and chicken pallets

Probably will avoid all the TFA's in margarine, and not to sure about chicken pallets either, maybe not so palatable; even by my standards.

Someone suggested sugar, I don't know how much about raw/cane sugar costs, but I pay $2.50 for 400g of dextrose, which works out to somewhere around 400kj / $1.

[Laver]

welcome back Laver

guess on the basis of your research its gotta be oats all day!

What are your goals as I guess that could have some effect also on what foods you should be taking on board

Yeah lots of oats I think and pasta for dinner!

Goals, get stronger / bigger as cheaply as possible. Don't care about gaining fat, happy with anything over 100g protein a day.

[hhhh1]

your pasta stats look a bit fucked

Na they're roughly correct.

$1 for 500g pasta.

1530kj per 100g according to packet.

Also, re: margarine and chicken pallets

Probably will avoid all the TFA's in margarine, and not to sure about chicken pallets either, maybe not so palatable; even by my standards.

Someone suggested sugar, I don't know how much about raw/cane sugar costs, but I pay $2.50 for 400g of dextrose, which works out to somewhere around 400kj / $1.

yeah my bad your pasta stats are correct. sugar is around $1/kg if you get it on a good special, so pretty cheap. i imagine if you ate heaps of sugar or margarine you would feel like shit. you should try the chicken pellets and let everyone know how you get on

[thatwaslight]

i spent 300 on food last week what do u spend laver?

[Laver]

Don't pay much attention, If it's around $50 a week I'm pretty happy.

[thatwaslight]

Don't pay much attention, If it's around $50 a week I'm pretty happy.

WHAT how many cals a day do you eat??

[Laver]

yeah my bad your pasta stats are correct. sugar is around $1/kg if you get it on a good special, so pretty cheap. i imagine if you ate heaps of sugar or margarine you would feel like shit. you should try the chicken pellets and let everyone know how you get on

I imagine so haha, or wired as hell. Definitely not healthy, but could use the cheap $1/kg sugar it in PWO shakes instead of dextrose.

Yeah I might order a 20kg bag and start working on some recipes, I'll let you know how I get on. Pasta, margarine sugar and chicken pallet stew anyone??

[Pseudonym]

Rolled oats 5000kJ / $1 ($4 for a 1.5kg bag)

EV Olive Oil 3300kJ / $1 ($10 for 1L bottle)

That's quite interesting. I'd have thought oil was way more cost effective on a straight calories-per-dollar basis. I'd have bet on all the high-fat foods, and certainly wouldn't have picked oats.